The System Selection Screen of the PC-BSD® installer can be used to install TrueOS®, a FreeBSD-based server operating system, rather than a PC-BSD® desktop operating system.

TrueOS® adds the following to a vanilla installation of FreeBSD: PBI Manager, the command line version of warden, and the command line versions of most of the Panneau de contrôle utilities. You will find those utilities in /usr/local/bin/pc-*. It also installs this list txt=Missing Link[1] of additional shells and utilities.

If you wish to install any additional server software, click the "Customize" button. This screen, shown in Figure 5.1b, can be used to install packages such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Samba, PHP, VirtualBox, Apache, and Lighttp.

Figure 5.1b: Installing Server Applications into TrueOS®

After making your selections, press "Next" to start the "Server Setup Wizard". Click "Next" again to see the screen shown in Figure 5.1c.

Figure 5.1c: Set the Root Password

Input and confirm the root password then click "Next" to proceed to the screen shown in Figure 5.1d.

Figure 5.1d: Create the Primary User Account

For security reasons, you should not login as the root user. For this reason, the wizard requires you to create a primary user account that will be used to login to the FreeBSD system. This account will automatically be added to the wheel group, allowing that user to su to the root account when administrative access is required.

Input the system's hostname. If you will be using ssh to administer the system, check the box "Enable remote SSH login". Click "Next" to proceed to the network configuration screen shown in Figure 5.1f.

Figure 5.1f: Configurer le réseau

Use the "Network Interface" drop-down menu to select from the following:

Alternately, select the device name for the interface that you wish to manually configure and input the IPv4 and/or IPv6 addressing information. When finished, click "Next" to proceed to the screen shown in Figure 5.1g.

Figure 5.1g: Installer des sources ou des Ports

If you wish to install FreeBSD source or ports, check the associated box(es) then click "Finish" to exit the wizard and access the summary screen shown in Figure 5.1h.

If you wish to save the finished configuration to re-use it at a later time, insert a FAT-formatted USB stick and click "Save Config to USB".

Once you are ready to start the installation, click "Next". A pop-up menu will ask if you would like to start the installation now.

Once the system is installed, it will boot to a command-line login prompt. Login using the primary user account that was configured during installation. You can now configure and use the server as you would any other FreeBSD server installation. The
FreeBSD Handbook[2] is an excellent reference for performing common FreeBSD server tasks.